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indignant (Slide 2)usurp (Slide 3)tremulous (Slide 4)deride (Slide 5)insolent (Slide 6)revere (Slide 7)petulant (Slide 8)complacent (Slide 9)amiable (Slide 10)buttress (Slide 11)knell (Slide 12) covet (Slide 13)entreat (Slide 14)chastise (Slide 15)discreet (Slide 16)lucid (Slide 17)obstinate (Slide 18)vacuous (Slide 19)enigma (Slide 20)aversion (Slide 21)avert (Slide 22)nonchalant (Slide 23)frugal (Slide 24)zeal (Slide 25)pious (Slide 26)astute (Slide 27)opulent (Slide 28) Welcome to Decent Exposure High School Volume III:

Indignant: defensively angry because of an insultForms: N: indignationV: 00Adj: indignantAdv: indignantlyRelated: dignity, indignity Syn: insulted, defensiveAnt: flatteredindignationShe only felt a furious surge ofthat he should think her such a fool.Gone with the Wind --Margaret Mitchellindignation indignantly. “We weren’t trying to hear him! said Ron Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire --J.K. Rowling passions rushed through the listener’s heart, as the plot was laid bare. Rage, astonishment, , and a storm of Nicholas Nickleby --Charles Dickens Any form of this word will appear once in every 299 pages of text.

usurpingThe ghosts were returning; they filled Italy, theywere even the places she had known as a child. A Room with a View --E.M. Forsterusurpations.usurpThe history of the present King of Great Britain isThe Declaration of Independence --Thomas Jefferson, et. al. a history of repeated injuries and This was a shocking thing; that the slime of the pit Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde --Robert Louis Stevenson seemed to utter cries and voices; that the amorphous dust gesticulated and sinned; that what was dead, and had no shape, should the offices of life. usurpation William the Conqueror, whose cause was favoured by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland --Lewis Carroll the pope, was soon submitted to by the English, who wanted leaders, and had been of late much accustomed to and conquest Usurp : seize political power undeservedly Forms: N: usurper, usurpation V: usurp, usurps usurped, usurping Adj: 00 Adv: 00 Syn: commandeer, appropriate Ant: yield, surrender Any form of this word will appear once in every 658 pages of text.

Tremulous: shaky, usually because of fearForms: N: tremorV: tremble, trembles,trembled, tremblingAdj: tremulousAdv: tremulouslyRelated: tremor Syn: undulatingAnt: rigidtremulously,tremulous.the Witch inhaled.Something Wicked This Way Comes --Ray BradburyNow, experimentally, daring to test, H.P. and the Deathly Hollows --J. K. Rowling Dumbledore’s smile was The Picture of Dorian Gray --Oscar Wilde In the grass, the daisies were tremulous. paler and thinner, and his voice more …with every successive Sabbath, his cheek was Something Wicked This Way Comes --Ray Bradbury Any form of this word will appear once in every 873 pages of text.

Deride: to express scorn with cruel laughterForms: N: derisionV: deride, derides,derided, deridingAdj: derisiveAdv: derisivelyRelated: ridiculous Syn: mock; jeerAnt: compliment, support derisiveHe gave a short, H.P. and the Chamber of Secrets --J. K. Rowlinglaugh. derision, There was a stirring in the crowd, a few hoots of October Sky --Homer Hickam but Kennedy smiled. derision. Usually, she could will herself to absorb Mariam’s A Thousand Splendid Suns --Khaled Hosseini and finger-pointing derision “How did you like getting shot?” Putting all the Eragon --Christopher Paolini he could in his voice, he jeered, Any form of this word will appear once in every 650 pages of text.

Forms: N: insolenceV: 00Adj: insolentAdv: insolentlySyn: impudent; disrespectful; audacious; brazen; impertinentAnt: deferential; respectful; humble; obedient; docile insolent: disrespectful; fresh; bratty insolenceand insubordination.Remember that I am not Dumbledore, who forgave yourH.P. and the Deathly Hollows --J.K. Rowling insolent, You’re Angela’s Ashes --Frank McCourt woman. insolence “I will not suffer,” said the Baron, “such meanness on your part, or such Candide --Voltaire on yours.” ,insolent, behind his glasses. He stared back Lock and Key --Sarah Dessen his eyes seemingly huge Any form of this word will appear once in every 419 pages of text.

Forms: N: reverenceV: revere, reveres, revered, reveringAdj: reverent, irreverentAdv: reverently, irreverentlyRelated: ReverendSyn: pay homage to Ant: desecrate; insultRevere: respect deeply, almost to the point of worshipreverentreverereverentThe woman eyed her with aA Thousand Splendid Suns --Khaled Hosseini ,almost awestruck, expression. reverence Friedrich Nietzsche, in The Fountainhead --Ayn Rand The noble soul has for itself. My hands naturally came together in The Life of Pi --Yan Martel worship. The Bourne Identify --Robert Ludlum They those old soldiers. Any form of this word will appear once in every 167 pages of text.

Petulant: cranky, grouchy Forms: N: petulanceV: 00Adj: petulantAdv: petulantlySyn: irritable, peevish,cantankerous, fractious,testy, pouty, Ant: agreeable, docile, benign, easygoingpetulance.petulantO Pioneers! --Willa Cather“I’m angry with you, Emil,” she broke out withEnder’s Game --Orson Scott Card You can be as as you want, tomorrow. petulance when anything goes wrong. His manner varies from genial bullying when he is in a good humor to stormy Pygmalion --George Bernard Shaw petulant and tired and cross. “But we’re just sitting here,” he said, sounding Cujo --Stephen King Any form of this word will appear once in every 1,613 pages of text.

Complacent: blissfully unaware; undeservedly confidentForms: N: complacencyV: 00Adj: complacentAdv: complacentlyRelated: placid Syn: smugAnt: cautious, warycomplacentCatch-22 --Joseph Hellergratification.Milo nodded serenely withcomplacent Summer Pleasures --Nora Roberts with what he’d been doing. But he’d let himself become too complacent Twilight --Stephanie Meyer though,” he warned me. “Don’t let that make you complacent Naked in Death --J.D. Robb That would have wiped that smile off his face. Any form of this word will appear once in every 656 pages of text.

Amiable: friendly; sociably pleasantForms: N: amiabilityV: 00Adj: amiableAdv: amiablyRelated: amorSyn: gregarious, affable Ant: hostile, aloofamiably.The Killer Angels --Michael ShaaraThe spy chattedamiableVaria did not try to look and kept her gloomy expression. The Idiot --Fyodor Dostoevsky amiable Little Dorrit --Charles Dickens I am playful; playfulness is part of my character. The Book Thief --Markus Zusak I can be Agreeable. Affable. And that’s only the A’s. amiable. Any form of this word will appear once in every 920 pages of text.

Buttress: (n. or v.) support, as in an architectural structure that supports a buildingForms: N: buttress, buttressesV: buttress, buttresses buttressed, buttressingAdj: 00 Adv: 00Syn: reinforce, fortify Ant: underminebuttressesIt’s got all these turrets and flying and stuff.The Princess Diaries --Meg Cabotbuttresses There was a soldier standing with his girl in the shadow of one of the stone ahead of us. A Farewell to Arms --Ernest Hemingway buttresses There was a soldier standing with his girl in the shadow He could see the arched of the cathedral dome. All the Pretty Horses --Cormac McCarthy buttresses They behaved like people who do not want to be seen; lurking in shadow behind The Silver Chair --C.S. Lewis or in doorways. Any form of this word will appear once in every 1,929 pages of text.

Knell: the sound of a bell, esp. a bell that informs of a death knellHis manner was so casual when he was sounding thedeath Gone with the Wind --Margaret Mitchellof Tara.knelled. The bell clanged andSea Wolf --Jack Londonknell There seemed to be an ominous The Idiot --Fyodor Dostoevsky of some evil to come. knell It could just as well have been himself for whom the death Love in the Time of Cholera --Gabriel Garcia Marquez was tolling. Forms: N: knell, knells V: knell, knells, knelled, knelling Adj: 00 Adv: 00 Expression: death knell Syn: toll, peal Any form of this word will appear once in every 4,220 pages of text.

Forms: N: 00V: covet, covets, coveted covetingAdj: covetousAdv: covetously“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.”Syn: begrudge, envy Ant: bestow, bequeathCovet: to want something that you have no right to wantcoveted He’sThe Alchemist --Michael Scottthat for a long time, and now he has it. coveted. He put on his hat and the dark cordovan gloves I The Lovely Bones --Alice Sebold coveted. between him and the land he Snow Falling on Cedars --David Guterson He decided to end the life of another man who stood Any form of this word will appear once in every 816 pages of text. covets When someone something, they desire and lust after it. Sara Shepherd, Pretty Little Liars

Entreat: plead withForms: N: entreaty, entreatiesV: entreat, entreats, entreated, entreatingAdj: 00 Adv: 00Syn: beseech Ant: rejectentreatI you not to suppose that I moved this way in order to beg for a partner.Pride and Prejudice --Jane Austenentreat Let me you, for your own sake and for hers, to be more quiet. Hard Times --Charles Dickens entreat you. Say no more against it, I Mansfield Park --Jane Austen entreat you to accept me as a husband. I Jane Eyre --Charlotte Bronte You—poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are-- Any form of this word will appear once in every 1,094 pages of text.

Chastise: punishForms: N: chastisementV: chastise, chastises,chastised, chastisingAdj: 00 Adv: 00Syn: castigate; reproach; reprove; rebuke;censure; reprimand; penalize Ant: reward; laud; praise; extol; fawn overchastisement.The Giver --Lois LowryIt was a minor rule, rather like rudeness, punishable by gentlechastiseEldest --Christopher Paolini Now I didn’t bring you in here just to you. chastise The Kite Runner --Khaled Hosseini How could I, of all people, someone for their past? The Shining --Stephen King He would them both, harshly. Any form of this word will appear once in every 1,031 pages of text.

Discreet: kept secret or private Forms: N: discretion, indiscretionV: 00Adj: discreet, indiscreetAdv: discreetly, indiscretelySyn: subtle, covert, modest Ant: overt, immodest, obvious, indiscreetindiscretion.The Doll’s House --Henrik IbsenI daresay you know, like everybody else, that once, manyyears ago, I was guilty of an A Streetcar Named Desire --Tennessee Williams I think I impressed upon him how important it is to handle this thing discreetly. discretion The Merry Wives of Windsor --William Shakespeare Old folks, you know, have and know the world. discreetly unsentimental in letters. This Side of Paradise --F. Scott Fitzgerald He discovered Isabelle to be and aggravatingly Any form of this word will appear once in every 530 pages of text.

Lucid: clearForms: N: lucidityV: 00Adj: lucidAdv: 00Syn: comprehensible, coherent, limpid Ant: incomprehensible, incoherent, muddyluciddespite her anxiety.The Bourne Identity --Robert LudlumShe was perfectly ,you could even say controlled,lucid. The Life of Pi --Yan Martel My mind made a final attempt at being lucid-- fit around the words. things were clear– but my tongue wouldn’t The Things They Carried --Tim O’Brien I was lucid. A Soldier of the Great War --Mark Helprin Though drunk, Alessandro was Any form of this word will appear once in every 867 pages of text.

Obstinate: stubbornForms: N: obstinacyV: 00Adj: obstinateAdv: obstinatelySyn: mulish, cantankerous Ant: agreeable, negotiable, flexible, conciliatoryob: against or reverse: obstruct, obnoxious, obvious, objectobstinately.The Hobbit --J.R.R. Tolkien “I’ll do as I choose and I go as I please,”said Bilbo obstinate pig. The Magician’s Nephew --C.S. Lewis And I’ve had enough of you too—you beastly, stuck-up obstinately. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory --Rahl Dahl “I want the gum!” Violet said obstinate Gone With the Wind --Margaret Mitchell men get when they get their backs up. You know how Any form of this word will appear once in every 338 pages of text.

vacuousCujo --Stephen King His eyes seemed wandering,again. vacuously He opened the medicine cabinet. He stared ratherFranny and Zooey --J.D. Salinger into it for a few seconds, as though he had forgotten why heopened it.vacuous Vacuous : empty-headed, lacking substance Forms: N: vacuous, vacuity V: 00 Adj: vacuous Adv: vacuously Syn: shallow, inane, superficial Ant: profound, intellectual, erudite, sophisticated Relatives: vacuum; evacuate, vaccinate look passed and Bourne reached for the phone. The veiled, The Bourne Identity —Robert Ludlum vacuousness The Waves --Virginia Woolf People noticed the of my face and the aimlessness of my conversation.

Enigma: puzzle, mysteryForms: N: enigmaV: 00Adj: enigmaticAdv: 00Syn: conundrum enigmas It was just another of thehe never solved.Childhood’s End--Arthur C. ClarkeenigmaticNew Moon --Stephanie Meyer flitted across her face. range of emotions I watched curiously as an enigma He found himself fascinated by the of the girl’s disappearance Childhood’s End --Arthur C. Clarke enigma She got up very early, intrigued by the of the dream. Love in the Time of Cholera --Gabriel Garcia Marquez Any form of this word will appear once in every 5,511 pages of text.

Aversion: strong, automatic dislike, esp. one causing a negative physicalreactionForms: N: aversionV: avert, averts, averted,avertingAdj: averseAdv: averselySyn: revulsion, loathing Ant: attraction, magnetism, proclivity, addictionaversion She had avoided Emily Brent with a shuddering And Then There Were None--Agatha Christieaversionto her stepmother. She had an unreasoning The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes --Arthur Conan Doyle aversion. made a face—a sneering, distasteful face—the word reeking A Thousand Splendid Suns --Khaled Hosseini Others called them Mujahideen, but, when they did, they of deep word carefully. “We have an to it,” she said, choosing the The Alchemist --Michael Scott aversion Any form of this word will appear once in every 338 pages of text.

Avert: turn away fromForms: N: aversionV: avert, averts, averted, avertingAdj: averseAdv: 00Syn: evade, reject Ant: seek out, approachRoot: vert, verseto turn: divert,diverse; convert,converse; subvert,subversive; traverseaverted.A potential crisis had beenThe Shack--William P. Youngavert They shrug, mumble, and their gazes. Water for Elephants --Sara Gruen averted to focus her thoughts. Tally her eyes from Shay’s beauty, trying Uglies --Scott Westerfeld averted Listening for Lions --Gloria Whelan his eyes. He merely turned red and Any form of this word will appear once in every 338 pages of text.

nonchalantlyNonchalant: having a free,casual, informal attitudeForms: N: nonchalanceV: 00Adj: nonchalantAdv: nonchalantly Syn: insouciant; blitheAnt: tense, intense And he said, “I can waltz.” The Grapes of Wrath —John Steinbeck collisions by the thinnest of margins, all without so much as a My driver drove The Kite Runner —Khaled Hosseini and recklessly, averting pause in the incessant stream of words spewing from his mouth. nonchalant. Catcher in the Rye --J. D. Salinger I just got very cool and nonchalant” “Don’t rush, act , Amy cautioned. I Am the Cheese --Robert Cormier Any form of this word will appear once in every 2,269 pages of text.

frugala criminal activity.They’re sowith things here, waste is practically Susanne Collins--The Hunger GamesFrugal: thrifty; reluctant to spend moneyForms: N: frugalityVerb: 00Adj: frugalAdv: frugallySyn: miserly, parsimoniousAnt: extravagant, lavishfrugally. Animal Farm --George Orwell The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and living frugal, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin --Benjamin Franklin but to avoid all appearances to the contrary. In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman, I took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal Confessions of a Shopoholic --Sophie Kinsella And I reckon I deserve a treat today, after being so for the last few days. Any form of this word will appear once in every 1,326 pages of text.

zealThe Things They Carried --Tim O’BrienI didn’t have that patrioticzeal. They flung themselves into their work with savageOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich--Alexander SolzhenitsynZeal: excessive commitment or enthusiasmForms: N: zeal, zealotVerb: 00Adj: zealousAdv: zealouslySyn: exuberance, ardor, fervor, elan, fanaticism Ant: apathy, lethargy, nonchalance, indifference, ennui it with a If something captured my undisciplined imagination, I pursued bordering on obsession. Into Thin Air --Jon Krakauer zeal Into Thin Air --Jon Krakauer Above 26,000 feet, moreover, the line between appropriate and reckless summit fever becomes grievously thin. Any form of this word will appear once in every 202 pages of text.

PiouspiouspiousPious: observing religious laws and customsForms: N: piety Verb: 00Adj: piousAdv: piouslyAnt: profane, blasphemouspractices and good works? A Portrait of the Artist as aYoung Man--James JoyceWhy do you turn away from yourMost were Christians or Muslims. Outcasts United --Warren St. John and benevolence enough for two. Uncle Tom’s Cabin --Harriet Beecher Stowe He really seemed somehow to other to fancy that his wife had piety people have always gotten on my nerves. The Secret Life of Bees --Sue Monk Kidd Any form of this word will appear once in every 274 pages of text.

Astute: sharply observantForms: N: asutenessVerb: 00Adj: astuteAdv: astutely Syn: shrewd Ant: obtuse, naïve, gullibleastute I’d say that’s a remarkablyanalysis.The Shining --Stephen Kingastute, are you losing it now? “You’ve completely changed, you used to be so The Trial --Franz Kafka astuteness, For all his sagacity, for all his caution and the old judge had gone the way of the rest. And Then There Were None --Agatha Christie astute Mr. Iacocca does not call for an air strike against Tokyo. Chrysler may not like Toyota, but the The Bourne Ultimatum --Robert Ludlum Any form of this word will appear once in every 1,835 pages of text.

Opulent: observably wealthy, showy Forms: N: opulenceVerb: 00Adj: opulentAdv: opulently Syn: ostentatious, lavish Ant: humble, modest, understatedRelated: optical, opticianopulent Anpriest is a contradiction. Les Miserables --Victor Hugoopulent than in New Bedford. Nowhere in all America will you find parks and gardens more Moby Dick --Herman Melville opulent “How grand you look, Randolph,” he continued in a thin voice while studying his host and glancing around at the suite. The Bourne Ultimatum --Robert Ludlum opulence East of Eden --John Steinbeck of having a teacher for each grade made an The impression on him. Any form of this word will appear once in every 1,590 pages of text.